Holdouts in a Syrian ghost town

One family refuses to leave their home in war-torn Syria despite constant fighting

• Oct 7, 2013
• 20 photos

Italy shipwreck death toll hits 211

17 more bodies recovered from sunken boat that carried hundreds of migrants; diver recalls "tormented expressions" of corpses

• Oct 7, 2013

Vampires gather to break record

Crowds of "vampires" attempt to break world record at British Halloween festival

• Oct 7, 2013
• 19 photos

U.S. issues Madagascar travel warning after mob attack

Locals allegedly lynched 2 European men they believed to be linked to organ-trafficking and the killing a young boy

• Oct 7, 2013

North Korea rushes to open lavish new ski resort

Isolated authoritarian regime struggles to feed its people, but insists: "We can make nuclear weapons and rockets. We can build a ski lift"

• Oct 7, 2013

Egypt security forces targeted in Sinai Peninsula

Huge blast kills at least 2 near security HQ in south of restive peninsula, as gunmen reportedly attack troops in Nile Delta

• Oct 7, 2013

Kerry: "Good beginning" on Syria weapons destruction

Secretary of State says U.S., Russia "very pleased" with rapid start to U.N.-mandated dismantling of Assad's chemical weapons

• Oct 7, 2013

Gunmen kill German embassy guard in Yemen

Victim shot during botched kidnapping attempt, while U.N. employee is abducted in separate attack

• Oct 6, 2013

U.S., Russia in first talks since Syria deal

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov were meeting to discuss Syria and Iran on the sidelines of an economic summit in Bali

• Oct 6, 2013

Who is Anas al-Libi?

Native Libyan captured by U.S. forces raid authored al-Qaeda's "Terror Manual" and could face criminal trial in NY court for 1998 embassy bombings

• Oct 6, 2013

Egypt: 51 killed in new bout of street violence

Military supporters battle Islamists on streets throughout country, but especially in Cairo, where Morsi supporters rage against police

• Oct 6, 2013

Bad omen? Putin lights Olympic flame, but one torch goes out

Flame will travel across Russia by train, plane, car and reindeer sleigh over next four months until it reaches Sochi

• Oct 6, 2013

Monster truck takes deadly detour into crowd in Mexico

Amateur video captures driver losing control of monster truck in Chihuahua, Mexico, killing at least eight, including kids

• Oct 6, 2013

The vast reach of the Nazi Holocaust

Evidence has been uncovered of a far broader range of willing accomplices to Hitler's killing machine, including young women swept up in nationalistic fervor

• Oct 6, 2013

Almanac: Moulin Rouge

On October 6, 1889, the famed Parisian cabaret opened for business - and set the standard for nightlife in the City of Lights

• Oct 6, 2013

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